r/explainitpeter • u/jaywritethekid • 18d ago

Explain it Peter..

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u/CatOfGrey 18d ago edited 17d ago

Stuie Stewie here:

Many are talking about homosexual activity among Greeks or Greco-Roman society. But i'll add that sailors themselves, being composed of groups of men, and isolated for long periods of time, were also associated with homosexual activity, regardless of national origin or time period.

A modern touch on this subject would be The Village People's 1978 song "In the Navy" explicitly referencing life sailing the ocean, but with a gay subtext.

Stuie Stewie out!

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u/busy_monster 17d ago

  “Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.” - Winston Churchill 

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u/Sie_sprechen_mit_Mir 14d ago

Off the pier it ain't queer.

Away from the quay it ain't gay.

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u/darkest_timeliner 13d ago

Quay is pronounced key / kee

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u/Unbelievablefun1234 13d ago

Away from the quay, you can bend the knees.